August 28 in Chess History

20 birthdays, 7 matches, tournaments and games and 4 deaths from chess history on August 28.

August 28, 1999: FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 ended, won by Alexander Khalifman. On this day in chess history.

199927 years ago today

FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 ended

Won by Alexander Khalifman

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1881Berlin 1881 chess tournamentBegan · won by Joseph Henry Blackburne
  2. 1929Carlsbad 1929 chess tournamentEnded · won by Aaron Nimzovich
  3. 1936Nottingham 1936 chess tournamentEnded · won by José Raúl Capablanca
  4. 1999FIDE World Chess Championship 1999Ended · won by Alexander Khalifman
  5. 2011Chess World Cup 2011Began · won by Peter Svidler
  6. 2014French Chess Championship 2014Ended · won by Laurent Fressinet
  7. 20162016 Dutch chess championshipEnded · won by Jorden van Foreest

Born on August 28

  1. 1853Jan DobruskýCzech chess player
  2. 1872Manuel Márquez SterlingCuban journalist, diplomat and politician
  3. 1874Hilda ChaterIrish chess player
  4. 1897Aleksandr SergeyevRussian chess player
  5. 1904Leho LaurineEstonian chess player and chess journalist
  6. 1936Jānis VitomskisLatvian chess player
  7. 1937Fred FlatowAustralian chess champion
  8. 1948Andrey LukinChess player
  9. 1954Jeremy SilmanAmerican chess player and writer
  10. 1960Edhi HandokoIndonesian chess player
  11. 1962Mircea-Sergiu LupuRomanian and French chess player
  12. 1963Daniel KingBritish chess player
  13. 1974Marek OliwaPolish chess player
  14. 1976Duilio CollutiisChess player
  15. 1983Matej ŠebenikSlovenian chess grandmaster
  16. 1989Aleksandr RakhmanovRussian chess player
  17. 1991Elena TairovaChess player
  18. 1991Karolina FortinRetired Polish professional shogi player
  19. 1998V VarshiniIndian chess player
  20. 2001Akshaya KalaiyalahanEnglish chess player

Died on August 28

  1. 1913Leopold HofferBritish chess player and journalist
  2. 1918Erich CohnGerman chess player
  3. 2005Ruben GunawanIndonesian chess player
  4. 2024Andreas DücksteinAustrian chess player

Dates from Wikidata (CC0). Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card. Dates can differ between sources, especially before 1918 when Russia used the old calendar.